Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-10-13
Miscellaneous.

| poratlon with the Secretary of State. The
object Of the company is to build motor
road from New on to Wichita The capital
stock is $2oO.OOO.
In boring for gas and coal in South
! Hutchinson the other day a vein of very
superior salt was discovered and penetrated
| ffty-one feet.
THREE colored brothers named Drake
nave been arrested at Leavenworth charged
with the murder of Henry Richter apout
week previous, and threats of lynching
were SO positive that the sheriff removed
them TO Topeka for safety.
| THE American Glucose Company at
! Lsavenworth consumes daily 5000 lush
sls Of corn, and gives employment to 3c0
| men.
the other night near the Union Pacific de-
pot at Junction City by Snowy McGowen.
! Irwin was not expected to live.
! ABOUT six o'clock the other night three
prisoners, convicted and awaiting sentence
in the jail at Columbus, attempted to over
power the jailer and escape. The Jailer, L.
Archer, had sent Dug Robinson and II. P.
Mooney, two of the prisoners, into the Jail
yard to procure water and coal for the
nights use. Upon coming back to the
inner door of the Jail, as Archer was I'M
| locking 1t, they jumped upon his back and
showed him into a cell, and, with the assist
ance of a third prisoner by the name of
giving an alarm. Archer fred his pistol
when the prisoners broke and ran. Archer
again fired, fatally wounding Robinson
He then pursued and shot Mooney twice,
and he was recaptured. The third prisoner
was also soon overhauled.
PENSIONS lately granted Kansas veter-
ans; John Rye, of Topeka; George Sher-
man, of Salina; Peter c. Conron, of Wau-
karusa; John d. Jones, of Oswego; Moses
n. Cole, Of Wellington; Henry n. fruits,
of Ulysses; Howard Robinson, of Blue
Rapids; Wesley Grice, of Armourdaie:
Charles Fleming. of Topeka; Benjamin F.
Palmer, of Manhattan; Francis, father of
Henry Lakin, of independence; Robert
Cooper, of Leavenworth; Louis Belinger.
of Chanute; Henry Miner, of Augusta;
Creighton L. Parkhurst. of Wayne; Benja-
min F. Willis, of Neodesha; Thorn Doyle,
of Lawrence; John Lash, Of Girard; Mar
tina Sparks, of Hallowel; William Smith,
of Union Center; William Pears, of Tope-
ka; James English, of Quincy, and W. B.
Close, of Jewell.
W. Fl. FITzPATR1cK. an old resident of
Shawnee County, who was formerly a
member of the State Senate, was seriously
injured by being thown from a wagon at
ais farm four miles south of Topeka, the
other day. His leg was broken below the
knee and his knee joint crushed.
DAVE BUTLER, the member Of the Wichita
second-story window at Leavenworth sew
eral weeks ago. died in Denver on the I'd
from the effects of injuries received by the
fall
JOSEPH CARTER, an employee OF the Ar
genuine Smelling w orks, jumped from a
freight train at the Santa Fe yards the
other DAY, and fell under the cars. Both
legs were badly mangled, and amputation
was necessary. The injured man was
about thirty years old and resided at Ar
geatine.
SEVERAL days since Councilman Lul, of
Topeka, aud his foreman. c. II. Reid went
20 the vicinity of Granville, on a chicken
hunt, and as the sequel would indicate,
took along goodlv supply OF a certain con-
traband beverage, for both became iutoxi-
Gated, got into a fight over local politics,
when Reid shot Lull with his double
barreled shotgun, both charges taking eff
feet and inflicting very serious wounds.
Reid surrendered to the authorities A
later account stated that both parties, when
sobered up, declared the shooting was &C
cldental REID subsequently fined for
tntoxication and discharged.
JOIN n. REYNOLDS, OF the Atchison
Times was recently arrested for drawing a
revolver upon Governor Martin as the lat
ter was returning from primary Meeting
in Atchlson.
COLONEL ANTHONY has sold the Leaven-
worth Tinlss 20 several Eastern parties.
THE other evening George Prelstly, a
butcher and prominent business man. OF
Glrard was shot and seriously wounded by
CS Leigh, who had been his partner until
a few days before the tragedy.
AN Office to be known as Nashville, IN
Kingmau, County, has been established, |
with Joshua Hale as postmaster, and one ia
Waubaunsee County, to be called Volland,
with Fred II. Reber as postmaster.
A FARMER by the name of Herman was
recently run over and killed by train near
Larned: also one OF the horses he was driv-
ing.
FRED HAUssLER, who some time ago was
released from the jail at Emporia after
sotnew hat protracted incarceration for Vlo- |
Iating the prohibition law, has entered suit
for SIC 600 damages, alleged 10 have been
sustained by him by being confined in the
county Jail. which had been condemned by
the grand jury, and also by the State and
local boards of health as being IN an urnt
condition
ToPEkA's baseball clue has been dis
banded.
MEADE CENTER wants grist mill
EASTERN stockholders OF the Leavnworth
street railroad are endeavoring 10 perfect |
arrangements to extend the road IN sever |
al directions They desire TO extend the |
road TO the Soldiers Home, and this viii |
be done if satisfactory arrangements can |
be made with the City Council.
The Governor mas OHereu d f0H1io u
$3.50 foe the murderers Of Henry Richter, I
who was murdered By negro footpads N
Leayeaworth the other night
A LEAvENwoRTH physician advises pa !
rents to warn their children against the
practice of swapping chewing gum he
declares there is no surer way of propagat |
ing disease than this habit
THE contract for the building Of the Fifth
Avenue Opera House at Arkansas CITY ma
been let. The bailding is 70 COS. s6O'VOo |